Pete Segaard wrote:Alas no photos here either. I smoked some brined thick cut pork loin chops and some dry rubbed western style ribs. Really should have brined the pork loin longer but it was a last minute decision, will definately try it again. All in all a bunch of smokey goodness.
Hammb could you post up your recipe for homemade baked beans? I am also reallly interested in a campfire Pinto bean recipe.
Sorry man, I did them purely by taste/feel, no recipe.
I can give ya a rundown though...no real amounts...
I used 2 pounds of dried navy beans. I soaked them in water overnight. Then I put them in a large pot and let them simmer in water for about 90 mins. The beans were pretty much cooked at that point.
While they were cooking, in an aluminum pan I put one large sweet onion (cut into slivers), 5-6 large cloves of minced garlic, and I mixed up my sauce. It basically consisted of ketchup (a lot of it, probably almost 2 cups), yellow mustard, brown sugar & maple syrup (I like my beans kinda sweet), worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and BBQ rub (I use Mike Mills' Magic Dust). I basically just fiddled with the ingredients until I got a sweet and tangy ratio.
I drained them of excess water and added them to the aluminum pan. I also cut up a pound of bacon and stirred it all together.
I then smoked them on the bottom rack of the WSM the entire time the ribs were on (about 5 hours total @ 225-250*). The ribs were on the top rack, so any drippings made their way into the beans as well
The result was a sweet and tangy bean sauce, with a lot of smokey pork flavor from the bacon & rib drippings
I would say they were very good, but not any better than just doctoring up some pre-made Bush's beans or whatever. They were much better than eating canned beans right out of the can. They were also cheaper than Bush's beans since I usually add pretty much the same thing to bush's as I did to these...and the dried beans were less than $1/lb. I always try to do beans underneath some other BBQ meat though, really can't beat that!
Love my WSM
One of my friends also brought over homemade ice cream for dessert. An awesome feast to kickoff summer! Best of all while Toledo was getting dumped on Sunday evening, BG escaped the inclement weather and had a nice evening. 
